Friday, May 1, 2020

you'll notice a couple of blank spots. it's a sign of the times. it's not that it was a bad day, just that i didn't write anything down in real time, and remembering things that happened on specific days is a superpower that expired 6 weeks ago

apr 1: free sirius xm offer coincides with billy joel channel

apr 2: the crack formed between two fingers because of all the hand washing healed enough that it hurts less when i type now. man this list is getting weird

apr 3:

apr 4: as i got home from walk, love lies bleeding started, so i took another lap

apr 5: “never don’t listen”

apr 6: “i’ll allow the burn”

apr 7: i can’t decide whether i find it hilarious when i see a pigeon pecking at a discarded piece of fried chicken, or terrifying

apr 8: it’s interesting to watch an episode of arrested development after an episode of ozark

apr 21: i was jealous of all the good work my cart was doing at world central kitchen, so i went down to join in, and found a way to make a habit of it

apr 22: billie eilish twitter concert

apr 23: last week i watched some movie that iliza shlesinger had a supporting role in. i thought she ate every scene she was in, and tonight found her stand up special called elder millennial, and she’s a riot

apr 24: on grocery run, decided to buy 2 bottles of prosecco. this is how i learned my drivers license expired

apr 25: watched forensic files and there was an episode i haven’t seen before. whoa

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

i skipped march 17, because that was the day the restaurant industry disintegrated, and for a lot of days, i simply acknowledge the preponderance of birthdays of some of my favorite people all bunched up at the end of the month. but, here is this, anyway

mar 1: driving through north carolina, chose dinner location based on
the number of pink neon pig silhouettes on the front of the shack

mar 2: the time on tonight’s walk home was wind-aided

mar 3: i can guess the convention going on inside by the food trucks outside

mar 8: waiting at bus stop, a protest march goes by on pennsylvania ave. they are all wearing purple. cameras everywhere. i look down and realize my jacket is the same purple. this was not how i expected my career to end

mar 9: for whatever reason, najah has started sleeping on my hip again

mar 10: woman jogging toward me as i walk down sidewalk. she passes delivery dude returning to his truck, who affixes his gaze to her long past the extent of an admiring glance, entering the realm of creepy leer. so i stop and do the same to him. i know i made him uncomfortable, but i don't think he knew why i was doing it. so i won half the battle

mar 20: maggie rose concert live on the internet from someone’s basement

mar 21: i haven't worn socks in like 4 days and don’t know if i can go back to a world where i have to

mar 22: celebrating scott long and sean daly. independently. or collectively. however works
mar 23: i'm not petting any dogs when i take a lap around the hood, but it makes me happy when they strain their leashes trying to come see me. and a little sad, tbh

mar 24: neighborhood restaurant tweets they have csa boxes from a local farm. 20 minutes later, i have a csa box from a local farm

Monday, March 2, 2020

feb 1: went to see gary gulman at warner theater. his joke about con men vs. con artists made me think so hard about so many people i know

feb 2: still no meat. it’s fine

feb 3: fact: there is a guy at the geological survey who is quoted about earthquakes and his name is john geiger

feb 4: i feel confident that my serving of rigatoni with sausage gravy came with more than the prescribed amount of sausage, and i think it was a statement from the kitchen

feb 5: "naturally flavored with other natural flavors"

feb 6: do not have a bucket list but considering starting one so i can put “eat tamales in pati jinich’s kitchen” on it because i can now cross it off, tho i want to do it again

feb 7: perigord truffles steeped in amaretto over epoisses ice cream and buckwheat crumble. as one does

feb 8: was intently working when sara barreilles' orpheous came on spotify and stopped me cold, then made me feel like climbing a mountain

feb 9: not getting into details, but someone i barely know said something to me that unlocked me in a big way, and i will always appreciate it. writing this vague item so i will be reminded of it at weird times in the future

feb 10: walking home listening to dr feelgood. during the sirens part, a fire truck passed me, fully engaged. it felt like an immersive experience

feb 11: got to condo board meeting late, and when i got there, everyone was talking about the only thing i was interested in talking about, so i just had to nod a lot. bonus: i sat next to a dog that wanted to be petted

feb 12: "somewhere back there in the dust, is that same small town in each of us."

feb 13: cereal for dinner

feb 14: gave colleague a pep talk by reminding them they work at washington post; realized i was also pep talking myself

feb 15: had idea for mushroom marsala, tried to decide when i would make it. then realized that the answer was "now"

feb 16: amanda shires closing with "that's all" cover was so literal

feb 17: finally went to new dinosaur exhibit (top) at natural history museum. took shortcut home by walking through the portrait gallery

feb 18: when amelia bowers saw Wayne and i walking through the vaunted halls of the post, she did not recognize either of us, and i suspect it is because i was not cooking and wayne was not playing guitar. she has a point

jan 19: free movie at shakespeare theater
jan 20: i bought soda 2 days ago and left it in the car. went out to get it to put in the fridge. but since it was in the 30s outside, it was totally ready to drink, possibly colder than if it had been in fridge

jan 21: bread-and-butter pickles

jan 22: walk into neighborhood bakery and the baker starts excitedly telling me about all the cool things that she made today that she just sold out of. so i got usual thing. which is also cool

jan 26: got to be a waiter. it was exhausting. but you waiters out there knew that

jan 27: lip-synced uncharted by sara barrelies on the way home and wondered why i’m not in the video. i would like to claim "they may not make sense/but they sure as hell made me," which currently just has seagulls
jan 28: the new brand of yogurt i bought doesn’t have that dumb piece of paper on top

jan 29: each week i read about a museum whose address is 200 North Boulevard, and i always have to think if it is 200 N. Boulevard or 200 North Blvd. (it is the former)
jan 30: series finale for the good place was perfect

jan 31: overheard, on jan 31: "you mean year to date? or for the month?"